Lena Waithe’s new show Boomerang has been renewed for a second series (Picture: Getty)

It seems as though the sky’s the limit for Lena, who won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Master Of None’s season two episode Thanksgiving in 2017.

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Since then, the female force has created American drama series The Chi, which premiered last January on Showtime.

Her show’s second series, which tells the story of a neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago, kicked off just last week, with Lena aiming to ‘create these characters that are human and interesting and living in a city that was riddled with turmoil and gun violence and yet they still have to live their day-to-day lives.

She said: ‘They have families and they have brothers and they have kids and they go to school and they have dreams.’

Lena is also the showrunner for American comedy series Boomerang which premiered back in April on BET.

‘Making Boomerang has been one of the highlights of my career,’ Lena said in a statement. ‘And the positive feedback we’ve gotten from fans and critics has been so validating.

‘I’m beyond excited to dive even deeper into these characters’ lives in season two.’

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